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READINGANDUSEOFENGLISH(1hour15minutes)

Part1
Forquestions18,readthetextbelowanddecidewhichanswer(A,B,CorD)bestfitseach
gap.Thereisanexampleatthebeginning(0).
Markyouranswersontheseparateanswersheet.
Example:

Part2
Forquestions916,readthetextbelowandthinkofthewordwhichbestfitseachgap.Use
onlyonewordineachgap.Thereisanexampleatthebeginning(0).
WriteyouranswersINCAPITALLETTERSontheseparateanswersheet.

Colourchoices
Companies study and make use (0) .............. our colour associations and
preferences in (9) .............. to sell us their products. The packaging, for example,
relies heavily (10) .............. colour, both to carry information and to make the
product appear more attractive. Sugar (11) .............. sold in packets coloured in
blueypinks and blue because, unlike colours (12) .............. as green and brown,
thesecoloursareassociatedwithsweetness.
Inthesameway,inexperimentswithwashingpowders,(13)..............colourof
the packet has (14) .............. shown to have a profound influence on choice. Even
(15) .............. the powder in three sample packets coloured yellow, blue and
yellowblue was the same, customers thought the powder in the yellow packet
wastoostrong,thatinthebluepackettooweak.Themostpopularpowderwasin
theyellowbluepacket.Insimilarresearch,coffeeinabrowncanwasthoughttoo
strong and in a red can too rich, in a blue can, not mild (16) .............. , and in a
yellowcantooweak

Part3
Forquestions1724,readthetextbelow.Usethewordgivenincapitalsattheendofsome
ofthelinestoformawordthatfitsinthegapinthesameline.Thereisanexampleatthe
beginning(0).
WriteyouranswersINCAPITALLETTERSontheseparateanswersheet.

PabloPicasso

PabloPicassowasborninSpainon25October,1881.Heshowed
himselftobea(0)............artistasachildandwhenhewas
19hewenttoParistopaint.Heexperimentedwitha(17) ............of
styles,foratimepaintingsadsubjectsinshadesofblue.Duringahappier
time,heusedredsandpinkstopaintmore(18) ............subjects
suchasdancersand(19) ............incircuses.
ItdidnottakePicassolongtoachieve(20) ............,buthewas
alwayslookingfornew(21).............Hebecameinterestedin
Africanmasks,particularlyinthesimplebut(22) ............way
thattheytwistedthehumanface.Hesawthatitwaspossibletobuild
upanimageusingsimplelinesandangularshapes.Thiswasthebeginning
ofCubism.Eventhoughhiscubistpicturesare(23) ............westill
understandwhattheyaremeanttobeabout.
In1937Picassocreatedoneofhismost(24) ............paintings

TALENT
VARY
CHEER
PERFORM
SUCCEED
INSPIRE
SURPRISE

REALIST

FAME

Part4
Forquestions2530,completethesecondsentencesothatithasasimilarmeaningtothe
firstsentence,usingthewordgiven.Donotchangethewordgiven.Youmustusebetween
twoandfivewords,includingthewordgiven.Hereisanexample(0).

0 IhaveneverbeentoParisbefore.
TIME
This......................................................havebeentoParis.

Thegapcanbefilledbythewordsfinditdifficulttomake,soyouwrite:
Example:

WriteonlythemissingwordsINCAPITALLETTERSontheseparateanswersheet.
25 Althoughitwasdifficult,thefamilymanagedtofindoutthetruthaboutwhathad
happened.

SPITE

Thefamilymanagedtofindoutthetruthaboutwhathadhappened
..........................................................difficult.

26 IwishIdcomplainedtothenewspaperabouttheunfairnessoftheirarticle.

REGRET

I................................................................................thenewspaperaboutthe
unfairnessoftheirarticle.

27 Dontunfastenyourseatbeltaswereflyingintostorms.

KEEP

Itisnecessaryforyou................................................................................aswere
flyingintostorms.

28 Therewasafaultwiththekeyboardandthecomputerwouldntwork.

WHOSE

Thecomputer,................................................................................,wouldntwork.
29 Itwasntattractiveforeithernewspapertopublishthestory,sotheydidntgo
aheadwithit.

OF

Thetwonewspapersbothfoundthestoryunattractive,so
.........................................................................withit.

40 Johnpromisedhewouldnttellanyoneelseabouttheproblem,buthehas.

BROKEN

John................................................................................tokeepquietaboutthe
problem.

Part5
You are going to read a newspaper article about the British medias treatment of famous
people. For questions 3136, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best
accordingtothetext.
Markyouranswersontheseparateanswersheet.

Week after week, British tabloid newspapers


carrypictureswhichintrudeintopeoplesprivacy
and break the newspaper editors code of
practice.Althoughpopstarsdoposeforpaparazzi
onoccasion,thisisnottypical.Moreusually,great
line6 damage is done to individuals in the public eye

when they see their most private moments

captured on the front page. Yet very few call on

the services of the Press Complaints Commission

(PCC),anorganisationthatwassetuptodealwith

issuesofthiskind.

Rarely, if ever, are these pictures in the public

interest. Do intimate shots of pop stars help to

detect a crime? In what way did the picture of a

famous actress on a hotel bedroom balcony

protect public health and safety? The actress has

made a fuss about longlens pictures in the past

and since she was in a hotel, a place where, to

quotethecodeofpractice,thereisareasonable

expectation of privacy, she had good cause for

complaint,butshedidnttakeanyaction.

That the PCC did not launch an investigation

itselfisascandal.Itshouldalsobelookingintothe

outrageous story published recently about a pop

stars love life. The pop star, like the famous

actress, has held back from making a formal

complaint.ShouldntthePCCtaketheinitiativeon

this and other shameful attacks? To begin with,

thisseemslikeagreatidea.Itwouldsurelyleadto
line25 many decisions against newspapers. These would

bereportedbytheirrivalsandbroadcast

on TV and radio. The public would not be

sympathetic and editors would have to refuse to

publishsuchmaterial.Evenphotographerswould

be affected, no longer finding it financially

possible to spend their days hidden behind trees

waitingtosnapunsuspectingcelebrities.

If the PCC decided to take on this role of


police officer, which it technically could, there
wouldbeseveralproblems.Howwoulditdecide
whether or not to launch an inquiry? Should it
approachthevictimandencouragehimorherto
makeacomplaint?Andifthepersoninvolvedstill
refused to do anything, should it proceed
nevertheless?Inaddition,celebritiesandmembers
of royalty might well expect that any story
involvingthemwouldbetakenup,andthenbe
outraged to find it wasnt. Above all, the role
itself is too enormous. How could the PCC
realistically monitor the whole of the British
press:national,regionalandmagazines?
Then there is the embarrassment factor to
consider.Howeverseriouslysomeonesprivacyhas
beeninvaded,wouldtheyreallywantthefurther
embarrassment of an investigation? I suspect the
majority simply want to put it behind them and
getonwiththeirlives.Ofcourse,oneortwomay
have other reasons for keeping quiet. A worse
story may exist, that they have managed to keep
fromthepress,andtheyrealisethatthismayalso
become public knowledge if they complain. In
other words, even the PCC might become the
enemy.
One British comedian also suffered at the
hands of the press when he and his wife were
secretly photographed on their honeymoon in the
Caribbean. He didnt complain then, nor more
recently,whenheandhisfamilywereagainvictims
of a sneak photographer during a family holiday.
His reason for this was fear that the newspaper,
NewsoftheWorld,wouldrerunthepictureswith
a new story about his fury, saying that they
thoughtit wasjustabitoffun,andthat,beinga
filmstarwhomadecomedies,theythoughthehad
a sense of humour. This fear is understandable.
People believe they will again become targets if
they dare to challenge the tabloids. It is hard to
seeaneasysolutiontothisseriousproblem.

31Whatdoesthephraseinthepubliceyeinline6mean?
A. ofgreatappeal
B. inthenews
C. underattack
D. onscreen
32Whywouldtheactresshavehadreasontocomplainrecently?
A. Thephotographerhadnotusedalonglens
B. Herpersonalsafetyhadbeenthreatened.
C. Thenewspaperhadcriticisedheracting.
D. Shehadbeeninafairlyprivateplace.
33IfthePCCbecamemoreinvolved,thewriterbelievesthat
A. TVandradiowouldtakeovertheroleofnewspapers.
B. newspapereditorscouldnolongerbehaveinthesameway.
C. photographerswoulddemandmoremoneyfortheirwork.
D. membersofthepublicmightstopbuyingnewspapers.
34Accordingtothewriter,mostfamouspeople
A. wouldratherforgetaboutwhathastakenplace.
B. havesomethingfurthertohidefromthepress.
C. regardthePCCinanegativeway.
D. areusedtobeingembarrassedinpublic.
35Thecomedianchosenottocomplainbecause
A. hedidntwanttomakehiswifemoreupsetthanshewas.
B. hebelievedthepresswouldlinkhiscareerwiththestory.
C. hehadntreallymindedthepicturesbeingprinted.
D. hewasworriedthathisfamilymightseethepictures.
36Whatwouldbeasuitabletitleforthisarticle?
A. Mediaattentioniswelcomedbythestars
B. Thetruthbehindthelatestshockingpictures
C. Apublicorganisationisfacingadifficultdecision
D. CelebritiesappealtothePressComplaintsCommission

Part6
You are going to read a newspaper article about the hobby of collecting things big and small. Seven
sentenceshavebeenremovedfromthearticle.ChoosefromthesentencesAGtheonethatfitseachgap
(3742).Thereisoneextrasentencewhichyoudontneedtouse.
Markyouranswersontheseparateanswersheet.

The Collectors
Amanda Roy writes about the things she collects and the reasons why so many people
enjoy the same hobby.
I have always loved collecting and collectors and one in three adults indulges in this
hobby. It is a world of passion, envy and enthusiasm and delight. However, if you enter this
world, remember one thing: in the end, if you do not fall in love with an object, do not collect it.
Since the beginning of time, people have had the urge to collect. When primitive man
collected pebbles, he hung them around his neck. Attracted by their shapes and colour, these
pebbles represented mans first attempts to gather objects for intellectual and spiritual reasons.
Small boys and girls still collect stones and seashells just for the beauty of their forms
H
and colours.
I have been collecting all my life. Everything from flowers such as tulips to pottery and
paintings. My first collection was of stones picked up in my parents garden. Aged six I had the
good fortune, although it did not seem so at the time, to be sent to a school in a remote part of
England, a cold and windy place surrounded by hills. 37
I was fascinated by these
objects.
Surprisingly I am not alone in being interested in collecting objects. One in three adults
indulges the same passion. The reasons why people collect has become a subject of great
interest. The current thinking is that, for some individuals, it is the only aspect of their lives
38
where they have complete control.
One famous collector was the Duc de Berry in France. He owned a room of wonders.
This was a collection of natural and artificial curiosities. There were cups made from coconut
shells, carved ivory beads and pieces of Oriental china. 39
However, you do not have to be rich and powerful to start a collection. I have collected
items as different as tulip bulbs and china cups, searching out examples of each type with
incredible determination. I remember the day that I persuaded a fellow collector of tulips to part
with one which I wanted to add to my collection.
40
One collection that I made was of American rag dolls 350 of them. I looked all over the
USA for these dolls, searching out each variation in design with delight. This collection was
destroyed when my house caught fire. Next morning, I stood inside the front hall and saw the
remains of furniture and my collection. 41
It is, I suppose, the way that collections change hands that has always interested me. A
silver spoon that once belonged to a king, a poet: it is this that gives value to the goods that are
traded in the markets of the world. As small objects become a popular collectors item, so they
begin to rise in price. 42
(Not only did I put them in the bin, I also did the same to the
contents.)

A Anotheraristocrat,CatherinetheGreatofRussia,collectedmorethan4,000paintings.
B Ionceownedacopy;thereare,Ibelieve,onlythreeinexistence.
C Whenmyparentscametovisitmetheyusedtotakemetothelocalmuseum,whichwasfullof
objectscollectedbypeopleinthepast.
D Thetoysofthe1950sarenowpositivelyaninvestment,providedofcourse,thatyoudidnot
throwawaytheoriginalboxes.
E

Iplanteditandwateredituntiloneyearitvanishedstolenbyanothercollector.

F Forme,itsjustsomethingIenjoydoing.
G Iamnotcertainwhichsaddenedmemore!
H Overtheinterveningcenturies,nothingmuchhaschanged.

Part7
Youaregoingtoreadamagazinearticleaboutfourpeoplewhohavedreamjobs.Fromquestions4352,
choosefromthepeople(AD).Thepeoplemaybechosenmorethanonce
Markyouranswersontheseparateanswersheet.

Whichperson

saystheirjobwasmoreimportantthanitappears?

43

dislikesworkingwithmoderntechnology?

44

saystheytookadropinsalaryinordertodothejob?

45

oftenhastotravelatamomentsnotice?

46

usedtodotwojobssimultaneously?

47

hasagoodrelationshipwiththeiremployer?

48

saystheybelieveinfreedomofchoice?

49

doesntenjoyoneaspectofthejob?

50

saystheyarentanearlyriser?

51

nowhasanotherroletoplay?

52

Its a tough job?


Chris Arnot asks four people with dream jobs if theyre as wonderful as they seem.

A Raquel Graham
Raquel Graham rings from the taxi taking her
to the airport. She cant make our appointment
tomorrow because her boss wants her to be
in Los Angeles instead. When youre personal
assistant to a pop star, youre expected to jet
around the world at the drop of a hat. Raquel
loves her job and gets on well with her boss.
Theres just one minor problem she cant stand
flying. On a nine-hour trip to California I usually
take sleeping tablets to help calm me down,
she admits. Her worst experience was being on
Concorde. It seemed so shut in with those tiny
windows.
Offices in Manchester and London occupy her
when she comes down to earth. Theres some
mundane paperwork to get through organising
the diary, sitting in on meetings with solicitors
and accountants, sorting out itineraries and
making yet more travel arrangements.
She didnt apply for the job. A chance meeting
with the manager of a pop group led to the offer of
work behind the scenes and she took a secretarial
certificate at evening classes at the same time. Five
years later she was in the right place at the right
time when her boss needed a PA.

B David Brown
David Brown has been an accountant and a
golf caddy; a man who carries a golfers bags.
On the whole, he preferred the golf. Well, so
would you if golf was your passion. There were
drawbacks however. A small flat fee is on offer,
plus a percentage of the winnings. The average
earnings are between 25,000 and 35,000 and
much of that will go on travel and hotels.
He was 31 when he first caddied for the golfer,
Greg Norman. Youre not just carrying bags.
Youre offering advice, pitting your knowledge
against the elements and trying to read the
course.
His accountancy skills were recently recognised
by European Tour Productions when they
made him statistical data administrator. From
cards brought in by the caddies, he compiles
and analyses the statistics of each days play.
The results are sought after by television
commentators, golfing magazines, and the
golfers themselves.

C Martin Fern
Martin Fern is the editor of the Food and Drink
pages of a daily newspaper and one of his less
difficult tasks is to sample whats on offer in the
finest restaurants. What does he think about
restaurants that charge exorbitant prices? For
those who can afford it, its up to them, he says.
Id rather spend 120 on a meal Ill remember
for the rest of my life than buy a microwave.
It was his talent as a cook that led to the offer
of a food column from a friend who happened
to edit a Saturday Review. For Martin, at the
time creative director of an advertising agency,
it was a useful secondary income. He was 42
when another newspaper rang to offer a full-time
job. It meant a 50 per cent cut in guaranteed
income, he says. But it was a chance to convert
my passion into a profession.
He still does all the cooking at home and tries
to keep his waistline under control by cycling a
couple of miles to the nearest tube station.

D Dick Prince
I started writing childrens stories about 20 years
ago, says Dick Prince, one of Britains most
popular childrens writers. Before that, I had
always loved words and enjoyed using them, but
my writing had mainly been verse. Then I had this
idea for a story. I had been a farmer, and knew
the problem of chickens being killed by a fox.
So I wrote a kind of role reversal story called The
Fox Busters, which became my first published
childrens story.
Where do his ideas come from? Well, its not
easy, I have to work at them, he says. That is
what I usually do in the mornings. Im not up
with the dawn, Im afraid. After lunch, I spend
another couple of hours typing out the mornings
scribbling all of which I do with one finger on
an old portable typewriter rather than on one of
those awful laptops.
I get between 50 and a hundred letters a week
and that is the part about being a writer that I
enjoy the most. I do try to answer them all, but
nowadays I have some secretarial help'

Part1

Include:
advantagesofbeingrichandfamous
disadvantagesofbeingrichandfamous
yourownopinion
Part2
Writeananswertooneofthequestions24inthispart.Writeyouranswerin120180
wordsinanappropriatestyle.

3 Yourcollegeprincipalhasaskedyoutowriteareportfornewstudentscomingtothecollege.He
wouldlikeyoutowriteyourreportonwhatstudentsshoulddotokeepfitandhealthywhilethey
study.

Writeyourreport.

4 YouhavejustseenthefollowingadvertisementinanEnglishnewspaper.

WearelookingforsomeonetoworkintheCity

Museumshopduringtheholidays.Noexperience

isnecessarybutyoumustbefriendlyandhelpful

andhavesomeinterestinart.

Writeyourletter.Youdonotneedtoincludepostaladdresses.ContactMrsDonovanattheCity
Museum.

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